For refusing to reveal the identify of his sources, Judge Gerald Kinney of Illinois’s Will County Circuit Court has fined editor Joseph Hosey a one-time $1,000 fine, plus an additional $300 penalty for every day he does not disclose to the court who gave him the police reports related to a double murder in Illinois earlier this year. Hosey is the
Journalist Faces Jail Time For Refusing To Disclose Identity Of Source
In a move many are decrying as a violation of media shield laws, a Chicago-area journalist is being penalized for refusing to reveal a confidential source.